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Ostenaco | |
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 Portrait of Ostenaco by Joshua Reynolds, 1762 | |
| Born | c. 1710 |
| Died | 1780 Ooltewah, Hamilton County, Tennessee, United States |
| Nationality | Cherokee |
| Occupation | War chief |
Ostenaco[a] (/ˈoʊtəˌsɪti ˌoʊstɪˈnækoʊ/; Cherokee: ᎤᏍᏔᎾᏆ, romanized: Ustanaqua, or "Bighead";[1] c. 1710 – 1780)[2] was a Cherokee leader, warrior, orator, and leader of diplomacy with British colonial authorities in the 18th century. By his thirties, he had assumed the warrior rank of "otacity" (mankiller), and the title "tassite" of Great Tellico.[3] He eventually rose to assume the higher Cherokee rank of chief-warrior (or "skiagusta"—meaning 'red chief').[4][b]
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- ^ Fullagar 2020, p. 13.
- ^ Kate Fullagar, The Warrior, the Voyager, and the Artist: Three Lives in an Age of Empire, Yale University Press 2020 ISBN 978-0-300-24927-9 p.13.
- ^ Fullagar 2020, pp. 17–18.
- ^ Fullagar 2020, p. 20.